Faithful Fitness With Coach Alex VanHouten

What does fitness look like when life gets chaotic? In this conversation on the G-Spodcast, Coach Alex VanHouten joins the host for an honest, practical, and sometimes funny conversation about fatherhood, fitness, chronic pain, nutrition, faith, and what it means to steward the body God has given you. The episode begins with a real question from a brand-new father:How do you train, eat well, and s...

  In this deeply personal conversation on Intimate Conversations with Men, Coach Alex VanHouten joins Elena for an honest discussion about pain, faith, fatherhood, masculinity, suffering, and the body as a gift to steward. Alex shares how living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome—a painful genetic disorder affecting collagen, joints, connective tissue, and digestion—shaped his path as an exercise scienti...

What if your child’s behavior problem is not just a behavior problem? In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with Dr. Stacy Haynes, a licensed professional counselor, educator, speaker, author, and children’s ministry leader, to discuss a truth every parent needs to understand:Mental health is physical health. Together, they explore how sleep, nutrition, movement, te...

You don’t have a discipline problem. You may just be trying to follow someone else’s plan. In this episode, Coach Alex VanHouten joins The Next Level Guy Show for a deep conversation on discipline, elite performance, faith, pain, and what it actually takes to make progress that lasts. Coach Alex is an exercise scientist, faith-based health coach, author of Faithful Fitness, and founder of a moveme...

Why do some people know exercise is good for them but still struggle to move? Why can something as simple as a workout trigger emotions, fear, shame, or even tears? In this powerful conversation, Coach Alex sits down with trauma-informed health coach and author De Bolton to explore the deep connection between movement, trauma, healing, and Christian stewardship. Together they discuss: How trauma i...

What happens when a sharp, inquisitive 14-year-old interviewer starts asking questions most adults never think to ask? In this conversation with Rithvik Raya, Coach Alex dives deep into some of the biggest questions surrounding health, fitness, resilience, agency, suffering, faith, and human potential. Together they explore: Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and chronic pain Why modern abundance...

“The Fitness Industry Is Lying To You (Here’s The Truth)” What if the biggest problem in modern fitness… isn’t motivation? What if it’s misinformation? In this powerful conversation on the Live From America Podcast, Coach Alex VanHouten joins Hatem for a deep dive into the psychology, biology, and spiritual side of health and fitness. Together, they unpack: Why the fitness industry keeps failing e...

What if your biggest health problem… isn’t food—but what you’re feeding your mind? In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with Amy Adams to unpack the concept of “digital sugar”—the constant overstimulation from social media that’s quietly shaping your attention, your habits, and even your relationship with God. Most people know how to avoid junk food. Few know how t...

What if your body was never meant to be separated from your spiritual life? In this deeply moving episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with Michelle Tornetta to explore a conversation many Christians have never had:How does God meet us through movement? Together, they unpack: Why modern Christianity often disconnects the body from faith The hidden influence of Gnostic thin...

The “Perfect Body” Isn’t What Instagram Sold You  What does the “perfect body” actually look like? In Part 2 of Coach Alex’s conversation on The Samir Show, the discussion moves beyond six-packs, big biceps, and Instagram fitness into something much more useful: building a body that can serve the mission. Coach Alex explains why excessive muscle can become a liability for operators, why the best b...

What if your fitness journey is quietly being sabotaged…not by lack of discipline—but by misplaced identity? In this conversation on the Husband Material Podcast, Coach Alex VanHouten joins Drew Boa to unpack a powerful framework: the “Sin Spectrum of Fitness.”On one end—pride, vanity, comparison. On the other—gluttony, sloth, and avoidance. Most people bounce between the two. Very few walk the na...

Coach Alex here. Grace and peace. This conversation will challenge you. Not because it’s extreme… But because it exposes something most people avoid: 👉 You’re capable of more than you think. 👉 But you won’t access it without surrender. In this episode, I sit down with JD—an ultra-endurance athlete who completed one of the hardest feats on earth:10 Ironmans in 10 days across Hawaii. But this isn’...

Coach Alex here. Grace and peace. This conversation is different. I joined This Week Explained—a geopolitical intelligence podcast—to talk about something most analysts completely overlook: 👉 Your body is a strategic asset. In a world of unstable systems, fragile supply chains, and rising global tension…Your health isn’t just personal anymore. It’s mission-critical. 🔥 What We Dive Into: Why a si...

What is fasting actually like for a woman? In this episode of Faithful Fitness, Coach Alex sits down with his wife Christin Van Houten to talk about her experience completing the Shred protocol, the unique challenges women face with fasting and exercise, and what it’s really like living inside the Faithful Fitness mission. Christin shares how her relationship with fasting grew over several years—f...

Coach Alex here. Grace and peace. Most people think their problem is stress. It’s not. It’s the fact that they never stop. In this conversation with Samir, we unpack a hard truth: 👉 The human body is built for stress… but only if it’s followed by recovery. And in today’s world—where your phone keeps you “on mission” 24/7—most people never actually recover. That’s where burnout, weight gain, anxie...

Coach Alex shares a personal update with the Faithful Fitness community and prepares listeners for Season Two of the Faithful Fitness Podcast. In this short episode, Alex reflects on the past year — from launching the long-awaited Faithful Fitness Devotional and the Faithful Fitness App, to stepping away for a season of grief after losing his brother.  Through it all, the mission of Faithful Fitne...

What if anxiety, panic, and feeling “out of control” weren’t moral failures—or even mental ones—but physiological patterns you could interrupt? In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex VanHouten sits down with breathwork expert Kurtis Lee Thomas, author of Breathwork Detox, to explore how breath restores agency—the God-given ability to act, respond, and choose again. Together, t...

James Green shares the raw story behind his book Wounded Not Ruined—a conversation on masks in church culture, childhood trauma, depression, and the path of healing in Jesus. We talk about: -why “you can’t heal who you pretend to be” -how silence turns trauma into identity -the three types of depression (clinical, circumstantial, spiritual) -why movement + sweat can be a practical weapon in the fi...

Most Christians don’t lose their faith overnight. They lose it slowly—through fatigue, distraction, and disorder. In this episode, Coach Alex breaks down why mornings are not just a productivity hack, but a spiritual battleground. Drawing from Scripture, neuroscience, circadian biology, and lived discipleship, he shows how your first 30 minutes shape your faithfulness, clarity, and emotional regul...

Episode Summary What does faithful fitness actually look like inside a real household? In this episode, Coach Alex sits down with his wife Christin—dietitian, working mom of two, and the often-unseen force behind their family’s rhythm—to talk honestly about parenting, nutrition, sleep, training, and discipline. This isn’t a lecture or a perfect blueprint. It’s a grounded conversation about how fai...

Episode Summary In this sermon preached at New Life Church Greenbrier (Dec. 28, 2025), Coach Alex flips a familiar verse on its head: the gates of hell aren’t attacking the Church—they’re defending. Jesus’ promise isn’t that we’ll merely “hold on” until the end; it’s that the Church advances and hell can’t stop it. Coach Alex makes it practical: if you’ve spent a year waking up on defense—tired, i...

🧲 Episode Summary What if the Church has misunderstood the body—not as a problem to fix, but as territory to reclaim? In this powerful, deeply personal conversation, Coach Alex VanHouten sits down with Alisa Keeton, founder of Revelation Wellness, to confront one of the most neglected truths in modern Christianity: God doesn’t just love your soul—He dwells in your body. Together, they explore: -W...

Episode Summary //👉 Subscribe here: https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com/contact // Most Christians have been told addiction is a failure of willpower. Scripture says something far more serious: addiction is slavery. In this solo episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex VanHouten dismantles the shame-based, slogan-driven approach to addiction and replaces it with a biblical and neuroscience...

Episode Summary In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with personal trainer and writer Christina Barkley, founder of Dogged Strength. Christina shares her journey from Hollywood’s entertainment world to a Christ-centered fitness practice, recounting how a powerful encounter with God shifted her perspective on health and strength. Together, Alex and Christina unpack...

Episode Summary What happens when athletic excellence outpaces spiritual maturity? In this powerful conversation, Coach Drake Reed—former professional basketball player, high-school coach, and author—reveals the hidden spiritual battles facing young athletes today. From locker rooms and college campuses to overseas professional leagues, Drake exposes why many Christian athletes collapse after succ...